SARASOTA THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 122

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, March 5 at 7PM.

???????Once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America's "greatest living poet," acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, March 2 at 8PM.

To say this city has a passion for the Arts is an understatement.

SaraSolo Festival 2017 artists move to a relaxed cabaret setting at The Starlite Room, 1001 Cocoanut Ave, Sarasota, Fl with SaraSolo After Hours, a new SaraSolo Festival event, with three late night, adult mainstage performances at 9:30pm on January 28, 29 and February 4.

???????Touted as "the hottest artist on the classical music planet" by the New York Times, classical piano phenom Lang Lang returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall stage on Thursday, February 23 at 8PM.

Actor and playwright Valerie David performs her inspiring, comical award-winning one-woman show about becoming a two-time cancer survivor while embarking on a hijinks-filled quest for love and new meaning in her life.

Jackie Evancho returns to the the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with her angelic voice on Monday, February 27 at 8PM.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall is proud to announce that it has once again been ranked as the #1 Performing Arts Hall in North America in the 2000-seat category of "top spots" in Venues Today, the leading international trade publication that covers the business side of entertainment.

Pippin soars into the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, February 17 at 8PM and Saturday, February 18 at 2PM and 8PM.

??????? With twenty Grammy Awards between them The Manhattan Transfer & Take 6 join forces and perform together on their tour, The Summit, stopping at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, February 19 at 7PM.

After releasing her fifth solo studio album idina.

With its lively teenage cast, it's funny, bawdy, and edgy, with a meaning that connects not just with teens, but with adults who remember the days of pimples and virginity pledges.

???????Master Choreographer Twyla Tharp brings her Fiftieth Anniversary Tour to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Wednesday, February 15 at 8PM.

Neil Berg returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall with his annual celebration of Broadway's greatest songs on Tuesday, February 14 for two performances at 2PM & 8PM.

The world-renowned Philadelphia Orchestra will perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 8PM.

Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Tuesday, February 7 at 8PM.

Theatre Odyssey is excited to announce our initiative, On the Road.

In response to continuing requests, National Holiday Theatre presents encores of Alan Brasington's autobiographical The Poem Of My Life.

Columbia Records' longest-signed recording artist Johnny Mathis brings The Voice of Romance Tour 2017 to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, January 29th at 7PM.

Asolo Rep continues its winter rep season and the fifth and final year of its American Character Project with THE ORIGINALIST, Charles MacArthur Award-winner John Strand's gripping political masterpiece that spotlights the late polarizing judicial titan, Justice Antonin Scalia.

Seven-time Grammy-winner the 'Empress of Soul' Gladys Knight returns to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Saturday, January 28 at 8PM.

Grammy Award-winning superstar and Country Music Hall of Fame member Kenny Rogers  brings his Final World Tour: The Gambler's Last Deal to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Friday, January 27 at 8PM.

The international Irish dance phenomenon is back by popular demand with Riverdance-The 20th Anniversary World Tour at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Tuesday, January 24 at 8PM and Wednesday, January 25 at 2PM and 8PM.

Following the sold-out successes of both the 2014 inaugural run and a fan-demanded sophomore run in 2015, Move Live on Tour, powerhouse duo Julianne & Derek Hough are back and better than ever in 2017 with an all-new experience - Move - Beyond - Live On Tour.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis bring their signature sound to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Thursday, January 19 at 8PM.